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February 25, 1927

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SUSPECT TAMMANY OF DRY SHIFT IN AID OF SMITH CANDIDACY; Republicans Think Democratic Votes for Poison Liquor Bill Indicate Move. BLOCH'S MIND NOW OPEN Tammany Assemblymen Helped Amend Jenks Measure to Allow Voting for It. CIVIL WAR!' CRIES CUVILLIER He Asserts Measure Revives Mullan-Gage Act -- Goes to Washington for Wet Aid. SEE TAMMANY SHIFT TO DRY TO AID SMITH

By W.a. Warn.special To the New York Times.by W.a. Warn

Repubs see Tammany move to aid him for Pres in Dem votes for Jenks poison liquor bill in N Y S Assembly

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BIG BATTLE IS NEAR AS ARMIES CONVERGE AT SHANGHAI'S GATES; 30,000 Shantung Troops Arrive at Sungkiang, to Which the Cantonese Are Pressing. CHANG TSO-LIN TO COMMAND Sun Chuan-fang Will Have Only a Minor Role, if Any -- His Forces Are Disorganized. FOREIGNERS TAKE TO ARMS Prepare to Resist the Looting of Concessions -- General Strike Ends After 100 Beheadings. CHINA ARMIES HEAR GATES OF SHANGHAI

By Copyright, 1927, by the New York Times Company.special Cable To the New York Times

Shanghai General Labor Union calls off general strike; Li Pao-chang cancels orders for beheading of agitators; beheadings put at 100

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Notable Births

Ralph Stanley

1927Ralph Stanley, American singer and banjo player (died 2016)[†]

Ralph Edmund Stanley was an American bluegrass artist, known for his distinctive singing and banjo playing. He began playing music in 1946, originally with his older brother Carter Stanley as part of the Stanley Brothers, and most often as the leader of his band, the Clinch Mountain Boys. He was also known as Dr. Ralph Stanley.